1. (

• writing ,
• authorship ,
• composition ,
• penning

) the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" ;

2. (

• writing ,
• written_material ,
• piece_of_writing

) the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" ;

3. (

• writing ,

) (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings" ;

4. (

• writing ,

) letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible" ;

5. (

• writing ,
• committal_to_writing

) the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing" ;

1. (

• write ,
• compose ,
• pen ,
• indite

) produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" ;

2. (

• write

) communicate or express by writing; "He wrote about his great love for his wife" ;

3. (

• write ,
• drop_a_line

) communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!" ;

4. (

• compose ,
• write ,

) write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" ;

5. (

• write ,

) mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" ;

6. (

• write ,
• save ,

) record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk" ;

7. (

• spell ,
• write ,

) write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter" ;

8. (

• write ,

) create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else" ;